LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

pneumaticus

pneumaticus (feminine pneumatica, neuter pneumaticum)
Classical[pnɛu̯ˈma.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[pneu̯ˈmaː.ti.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalwind
  2. adjectivepneumatic

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepneumaticuspneumaticapneumaticum
genitivepneumaticīpneumaticaepneumaticī
dativepneumaticōpneumaticaepneumaticō
accusativepneumaticumpneumaticampneumaticum
ablativepneumaticōpneumaticāpneumaticō
vocativepneumaticepneumaticapneumaticum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepneumaticīpneumaticaepneumatica
genitivepneumaticōrumpneumaticārumpneumaticōrum
dativepneumaticīspneumaticīspneumaticīs
accusativepneumaticōspneumaticāspneumatica
ablativepneumaticīspneumaticīspneumaticīs
vocativepneumaticīpneumaticaepneumatica

pneumătĭcus, a, um, adj., = πνευματικός,
I. of or belonging to air or to wind, air-, wind-, pneumatic; of machines that are driven by the force of air: Ctesibius, qui pneumaticas res invenit, Vitr. 9, 9: organa, Plin. 19, 4, 20, § 60: ratio, id. 7, 37, 38, § 125.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πνευμᾰτῐκός (pneumătĭkós).

Descendants
  • Catalanpneumàtic
  • Englishpneumatic
  • Frenchpneumatique
  • Englishpneumatiquefrom French pneumatique
  • Portuguesepneumáticofrom French pneumatique
  • Italianpneumatico
  • Romanianpneumatic
  • Spanishneumático
  • Indonesianpneumatisfrom French pneumatique
  • Galicianpneumático

In English words that came into English from pneumaticus

  • pneumaticpneumaticus

Quick answers

What does pneumaticus mean in Latin?
pneumaticus, a adjective, means “wind; pneumatic”.
How do you pronounce pneumaticus?
In classical Latin, [pnɛu̯ˈma.tɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pneu̯ˈmaː.ti.kus].